Seasons 2014 - A Great Start!

By mid-May, all was planted in the ground: the 18 tomato plants, six eggplants, a dozen cabbage and Brussels sprouts plants.  The day after planting, we got several inches of rain, cool weather, more rain, and finally, dry warmer weather.  By Memorial Day weekend, a handful of the tomato plants were still standing, most of the cabbage plants were thriving, a few eggplants and Brussels sprouts had survived.  They are now supplemented by store-bought tomato and eggplant, cucumber, and squash plants (front, right-hand side), a good save.

Cold frames gave a great start to radishes, turnips, lettuce, and bok choy.  Peas were planted twice, and still nothing doing.  Perhaps this weekend we will see some peas sprouting.

Left-hand side has neat rows of 10 types of beans, carrots, parsnips, Swiss chard, and kale.  We also reinforced the strawberries with some additional plants, and they are covered with flowers.

We have been eating fresh asparagus for the last two weeks, as well as fresh chives and oregano.

Overall, it has been a good start to spring, now that it has finally arrived.